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added note about blosc and multiprocessing [ci skip]
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``True`` (Blosc always uses multiple internal threads) or ``False``
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(Blosc always runs in single-threaded contextual mode). To re-enable
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automatic switching, set ``blosc.use_threads`` to ``None``.
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Please note that if Zarr is being used within a multi-process program, Blosc may not
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be safe to use in multi-threaded mode and may cause the program to hang. If using Blosc
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in a multi-process program then it is recommended to set ``blosc.use_threads = False``.

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